Earlier this year, the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) came to a close. Just by this, you can tell […]
The IHC’s Intervention on Sewerage Workers’ Rights in Pakistan: A Constitutional Reckoning
The Islamabad High Court’s recent judgment, addressing the hazardous and degrading working conditions of sewerage laborers, represents a significant development in Pakistan’s constitutional discourse on equality, […]
Minority Rights and the National Commission for Minorities’ Rights Bill 2025: An Analytical Overview
The National Commission for Minorities’ Rights Bill 2025 represents a landmark step in Pakistan’s legislative response to the protection of religious minorities. This legislation operationalizes a […]
When Morality Creeps Into Justice
Justice Ali Baqar Najafi’s additional note in the Noor Muqaddam judgment – where he frames an unimaginably brutal murder as a warning against “vice” and “living […]
Comparison of 18th, 26th, and 27th Amendments of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
The comparison between the 18th Amendment and the later 26th–27th Amendments becomes even sharper when examined through the lens of constitutionalism and the basic structure doctrine. […]
REMOVING GENDER IMBALANCES IN PAKISTAN
Women constitute more than half of the population of Pakistan. However, they seldom get financial freedom due to the patriarchal nature of the society and structural […]
Clearing Pakistan’s Legal Backlog: The Case for ADR and ODR
In Pakistan, the courts have a severe backlog of more than 2.3 million cases, while there are only approximately 4,300 judges to handle them. For normal […]
AI at the Crossroads: Pakistan’s Regulatory Challenge
Artificial intelligence (AI) covers technologies such as machine learning, generative models, automated decision-making, and facial recognition. AI offers advances in healthcare, agriculture, and governance, but policymakers […]
Pakistan’s Prohibited Bore Licensing: Constitutional Rights, Public Safety, and Selective Privilege
In Pakistan’s firearms scheme, the phrase “prohibited bore” denotes automatic rifles, sub-machine guns, and similar high-calibre weapons whose licences are issued only by the Federal Government. […]
Plagiarism is Not the Problem: Legal Education’s Flawed Response to Generative AI
The classroom is no longer an analogue haven. At a time when generative AI can write essays, summarise case law, and imitate legal reasoning with fluency, […]
Judicial Use of AI in Pakistan: Promise, Peril, and Constitutional Boundaries
It was in April 2025, inside the Supreme Court, that Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah wrote into Pakistan’s judicial record a sentence that may echo longer […]
The Merger That Never Merged
It was never just about maps. In 2018, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a milestone many called overdue. FATA was no more, […]
Decolonising Legal AI
In the rush to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into legal education, an inconvenient truth has remained largely unspoken: the AI revolution is being shaped by infrastructures, […]
Climate Justice in The Hague: How ICJ Responded to the Global South’s Demands
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its long-awaited advisory opinion on the obligations of states in relation to climate change. The […]
PECA Amendment 2025: Expanding Cybercrime Laws or Silencing Dissent?
The speedy enactment of the Prevention of Electronic Crime (Amendment) Act 2025 from the Parliament of Pakistan 2025 unfolded many tales. This Act, in its object […]
Understanding Copyright in Digital Content: Reels, Memes and the Legal Grey Zone
The rise of platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube has transformed content creation, with short videos, memes, and music-driven clips forming the language of online culture. […]
Partition Litigation in Pakistan: A Legal System Trapped in Time
“The law of the land is also the law of generations.” In Pakistan, few legal disputes carry the same level of emotional and generational weight as […]